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Spirit of A Sultan by Dr Javid Sarwari Qadri Summarised Version for Urooj

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Mirza Muhammad ,ruler of Multan, A big stronghold of the Moghul Empire, was in
the process of being attacked by the raja of Amarkot who sent news to Mirza that
his army of 50 000 men on foot, 200 war elephants, 20 000 horsemen warriors and
cannons and weapons were on a mission to strike and kill everyone in the city. Raja
made an alliance with rulers of Gujrat and some other renegade forces to try and
destroy the Moghul empire and had already turned ahgains thte Moghul Emperor
Shah Jahan in Agra. Mirza Muhammad summoned a war counsel at the darbar and
was frightened . His city had walls tall enough to keep small groups of enemies out
could not stand against the rajas gang that would be approaching within 2 days.
The Ruler of Multan knew the Raja was a battle tested warrior and hard on victims
putting them to the sword and has conquered areas before. Raja viewed Mirza the
ruler of Multan as the weakest part of the Moghul Empire to destroy first and also
they wanted his vast rooms filled with jewels in his treasury. All Mirza the ruler of
Multan;s war counselors and viziers were panicked and cowardly pleading with the
Emperor to make a truce with the Raja for 2 weeks so they could build their army up
and walls and defenses. The Emperor knew they had no rsources for this and would
be crushed by the overwhelming might and force from the raja, and as he paced

back and forth through the sea of angry and scared voices , a young brave well
groomed handsome warrior, with a full black beard and medium wiry build, stood
up amidst the chaos to state his plan to his leader.
His name was Bazaid Muhmmad and he called them all cowards and told them with
urgency that they must strike the Rajas forces immdietly with zero tolerance.
Mirza raised his hand and decided Bazaid was correct and gave him command of his
armies and told him to attack the Raja.

Within hours he had and about 22 000 warriors and horsemen set out the launch an
offensive outside Multan. Bazaid. Bazaird was the best warrior in Multan and was
unmatched in his bravery and fighting. He led his army and they crushed the rajas
forces. He was a spiritual warrior saint. He even jumped of his horse in middle of
battle to make salat. His fellows admired and respected Bazaid for his religious
knowledge and for his courage. He believed in every battle that is was hand of Allah
to decide victory and it was already decreed. He was just also at the end of the
battle a young Rajput boy enemy was lying on the ground bleeding from the neck
and Bazaid gave him some water and helped him back on his horse and told him to
go back where he came from. The enemies losses were 5 times that of Multans
losses, It was a tremendous victory with such little manpower against such huge
odds. Allah was with him.
Crowds of people gathered outside the city walls along the path of the returning
soldiers. The people, eager for a glimpse of their savior, came out in such huge
numbers that soldiers had to hold them back with their spear shafts. The jubilant

crowds held marigold gar- lands, flowers, and bottles of rosewater to sprinkle on the
returning fighters. The city gates were covered with cloths of gold, and the walls
were decorated with velvet and brocade curtains.
The muslims victory of Multan sent fear to any rival kingdoms that were nearby and
left standing. But the Head Emperor Shah Jahan Head of the Moghul Empire was
relieved because he ws ready to send his reinforcements from Lahore to Multan to
help Mirza the ruler of Multan. He didn t need to do this because of Bazaids victory.
This had been a battle of epic proportions, in tur- bulent times. It further
strengthened the glorious Moghul dynasty and Shah Jahans rule over two thirds of
the Indian subcontinent.
Shah Jahan was a courageous, ruthless, and supremely confident ruler, a descendent
of the legendary Moghul warriors Genghis Khan and Timur. He had been the fifth
Moghul emperor to inherit an empire that stretched a thousand miles across India
with all its wealth, glory, and magnificence.

Important backstory Moghuls History of Politics, Violence and Intrigue:
Moghul history had been one full of violent battles, brutality, treachery, and dynastic
rivalries. It had been a tale of overwhelming passions, emotions, tragedy, and
murder. This was primarily due to destroying themselves from the inside, as the
custom of the Moghuls were for the born sons to plot against each other and kill
each other over the throne of the kingdom. As war men say May the best man win.
The most cunning and clever and violent son would kill his other brothers and even
their own fathers and take over the throne of any area for himself. This was the

main problem with the rulers during their history. There had been constant battles
between brothers and between sons and fathers.
India had been mother to many highly developed civilizations in the history of
mankind, dating back to
3000 BC. The legendary ruler had Ashoka established a vast empire that stretched
from the Khyber Pass to Assam and from the foothills of the Himalayas to the plains
of Deccan.But he oppressed and ruled people by collecting taxes on everything.
After his death, the great empire slowly was breaking and was divided into gangs of
regional kingdoms.
India had become famous for its wealth of jewels and spices. It was the only source
of diamonds until the eighteenth century. This is why it had been the target of
invaders through its history.
The greek armies of Alexander invaded and crushed the Indian Porus army in 326
bc . Then the turks and afghans crushed the greeks and took over for a while in
1000 ad. After this Genghis Khans forces established their home there and then left
and went back to his homeland.
In 1398, King Timur had crossed the Indus River and pillage all the way to the
capital of the Delhi sultanate. He butchered residents and burned the capital. The
death toll was on a scale that it is said that nothing was living there not even animals
or birds for two months.
Timur spared architects, craftsmen. He collected them and took them to beautify
and build his capital. Moghuls loved architecture and gardens. They had
magnificent buildings, mosques and tombs, and lush gardens. Timur, with the help

of artisans he had brought with him from conquests, built a blue-domed mausoleum
for himself, which to this day is a landmark of his glorious past. Before leaving India,
Timur established a new kingdom, the Sayyids dynasty.
Soon after with the belief that the Sultanat of Delhi had
belonged to Timur, Babur, a great-great-grandson of Timur, attacked India to take
its throne for himself.
Most of the fighters at that time had lineage to either Genghis Khan or Timur.
Timurs great great grandson was both. Behind conquests Moghul emperors always
had the backing of women. In his early years, Babur was guided by his Moghul
grandmother.
His grandmother told her grandson to start a a civil war in land of Samarqand.
Babur attacked and captured the city. Nomad Moghul tribes took back the city
shortly and seized land from Babur. Babur felt like a broken man and went back to
his old home where his own brother was ruling. He became awanderer for 3 years ,
then gained strength and took back the city of Samaraqand from the Uzbeks.

He lost Samaraqand again a year later to rebels and when he was a homeless king
devised a plan and ended up taking over Kabul which is where he made the home
base of his empire . Baburs successors also controlled Kabul in years to come. Babur
is credited with having the first Islamic autobiography written for him called Babur
Namah, which was written with poetic prose and flowery couplets along with
stories of glory. He became bored and knew his own army would kill him off if they
were not busy so he raced to Hindustan in 1519.

In 1525, he launched his attack down through the Khyber Pass, crossing the Indus
River and ended up with his forces in Paniput, near Delhi. Babur had taken cannons
and musket from the Turks, which gave him the upper hand in this battle against
Sultan Ibrahim of Lodhi Dynasty. Baburs forces killed all of Sultan Ibrahims men
and the Sultan himself within hours.
After taking Delhi, Babur went to the city of Agra. He was crowned the ruler of Delhi
sultanate, and a khutbah was read in his name.
He spent the last years of his life halting rebellions against Moghuls and fighting
neighboring powers. Baburs death was the result of his sons severe illness.
He asked Allah to kill him instead of his son and Allah gave the illness to Babur and
lifted the illness off his own son. Babur died within months.
After his father Baburs death, Humayun ascended the throne of Hindustan. He was
fortunate to have inherited one of the most magnificent empires. He was by nature
benevolent, an kind, so he did not have the mindset to rule the most violent
dynasty in the world. He was superstitious with astrology. It affected his daily life
and how he ran the government. He became a drug addict and was smoking opium
all day every day and lost respect of his companions and did not even have strength
to rule . His addiction and neglect of responsibility resulted in his losing Hindustan.
Sher Shah, who had taken over as the emperor of Hindustan, ended up dying in
1545 . His son, Islam Shah, ruled after him and died in 1554. Now many were
fighting for the throne of Hindustan. This was a golden opportunity that Humayun,
the homeless and broken former king could not ignore. He organized a army and,
along with his young son, Akbar, advanced into India and was able to defeat his

enemies this time. He retook the throne of India after fifteen years. He was on the
roog one night and obsessed with astrology still and addicted in a trance to opium
he was in his observatory looking at the sky for venus , he head the adhan and fell
and cracked his head open and died .
Akbar his son took over the throne but was still just a boy. His fathers enemies
plotted against and raised an army against him . In Paniput the battle took place.
Akbar won the battle became the third great ruler of the Moghul dynasty. He
transformed Moghul rule in Hindustan into a magnificent and stable empire.

In 1567, Akbar laid siege to Chitor, a longstanding symbol of Rajput power. He
defeated them. The women of the Chitor all committed suicide knowing that Akbar
would kill them. By 1570 Akbar made the reaming Rajput knights submit in the
surrounded areas and took over Kashmir, Bengal, and Gujrat. These lands were not
a part of the Moghuls. He then reconciled with the Rajput Hindus as a strategy at age
19 and married over 300 of their girls as wives over his lifetime.
He lost the respect of his own subjects because he became religiously liberal and
very much like a sufi. The fundamentalist followers of islam did not like his
tolerance for other religions and wanted to kill him off. Problem was Akbar had so
many wives but was not able to have a child. There was no heir yet. Akbars mother
told him to go see a sufi saint named Shaykh Saleem Chisthi from Sikri. Akbar saw
religions as united and not as a dividing force. His current wife was a hindu. He went
to see the Shaykh and asked him if his wife since she was a infidel would leave him
childless as people whispered rumors like this about him every day in his kingdom.

Shaykh Saleem Chisthi said there are many ways to God not just one, and this had no
bearing on her having a child as God is most merciful to all religions. He told him he
would have two sons by her and later have another son by another girl. He
predicted India would be under his Heirs control for generation and stay intact as
the Moghul Empire. He told Shaykh if this comes to pass he would his capital from
Agra to Sikri and also name a city after the Shaykh. The shaykh said this will come
to pass but his future sons were dark evil ones who would hate their father and
their uncles and want power for themselves so though the empire would be
propsperous there would be much family bloodshed and their end was unclear.
Akbars Rajput wife, Hirabai, became pregnant and had a healthy son. Akbar named
him Salim, after the Sufi saint Sheikh Salim, who had predicted his birth. He had two
other sons, Murad and Daniyal, from other wives. Akbar transformed Hindustan into
a great, wealthy, and powerful empire of one hundred million ethnically religiously
diverse people. His treasuries overflowed with jewels. Of all the Moghul emperors,
he proved to be the most worthy of his name, The Great. His oldest son Salim was
very violent in nature and loved luxury and materialistic things. Salim had 3 sons.
Khusru his first son was born to Manbai, daughter of the Hindu Raja of Amber . His
second son, Parvez, was born to a Muslim. His third son, Khurum, was born in
Lahore on January 5, 1592, to a Hindu princess, Jodh Bai of Mervar. His birth,
according to royal astrology, was most important. This child,would later on become
the future Moghul king, Shah Jahan.

******Book then jumps forward tot he Time of Bazaid (Sultan Bahus Father) and the
Emperor of the Moghul Now much grown up into a man, Shah Jahan.

Shah Jahan the Moghul Emperor of Hindustan invited Mirza Muhammad of Multan
to his palace 1 month after Bazaids victory against the Raja of Amarkhot. Bazaid
went with the king of multan Mirza Muhammad and 200 soldiers to stay there.
Bazaid was given his own fortress in Jhang, a diamond sword, a written declaration
of his bravery by Shah Jihan during his stay there. Bazaid also fascinated Shah
Jihans daughters the princesses who loved his appearance. Shah Jahans sons
honored Bazaids ability to memorise the Quran in entirety and his mastery in
Islamic and Sufi Sciences as well as his battle acumen.
After the gathering Bazaid rose back to claim his fortress in Jhang in Shorkot.
He had apartments, luxurious gardens and stables for horses. Mant attendents and
servants were employed to take care of him.
He had been married twice before but never had kids. He felt like a lonely traveller
and was depressed despite having a grand fortress and being honored for his valor
and Deen. He wanted desperately a heir to continue his legacy. For the prior
hundred years the people of Jhang and the surrounding area were very poor and
even outside his own fortress Bazaid cried for the poor people he saw every day as
he rode by them outside when he left his fortress. He went to see the Maulana in
Jhang and told him he wanted to establish madrassas and masjids and places of
worship for all reglions. His subjects were 80 percent muslim and the rest were
other relgiions. Bazaid asked the Maulana of the local mosque in Jhang to teach in all

the masjids he would build in the future but his only rewuirememt was that the kids
should be given food , clothes and shelter free of charge as they studied Islamic
sciences. His intention was to improve the condition of the villages in the area
outside his fortress he loved the poor and was compassionate. He had a meeting at
his fortress which was still beautiful but under construction to meet with all the
poor farmers and villagers to tell them of his plans to help them with their finances
and food shortages. They were happy to be under his rule.
Three months later, Kahregan fortress was fully completed and a spectacle. The
main apartment complex on the second floor was furnished with Persian and
Afghan carpet for flooring; velvet and silk curtains hung on the windows. It was an
artistic expression. There were splendid gardens and magnificent mango and
cypress tress. He gave everything to the poor and gave them upward mobility. He
founded charity institutions for them. Bazaid had no taste for power even though he
was promoted to supreme commander as he was still a soldier for Mirza
Muhammad in Multan but living in his fortress in Jhang.
He was 40 and wanted to take a wife so he could complete his life. He wanted a
soulmate who could share in his legacy. Among his own family was one regal
woman, a true jewel of chastity, Bibi Rasti. She was a deeply spiriutual and
affectionate person. She memorized the Quran in Persian and Arabic and studied
world lieterature. She was beautiful in countenance and could be mistaken for an
angel. He knew she was going to make him a better person and desired her more on
a mental level then physical. They got married after Jumuar Prayer on a Friday and a
big celebration was thrown for them. That night, as they slept together, afterwards

Bibi Rasti performed 10 rakats of salat close to dawn and was reciting Quran outside
their balcony. Bazaid awoke and was told by his gem Bibi that :
You know that my father was a Sufi saint, and his spirituality runs in my veins, but
there is something you dont know. From time to time, I have the gift to see into the
future. As I lay beside you last night, I dreamed that very soon I will become
pregnant with a child, a son. My premonition tells me that this will be a sacred birth.
Do not ask me how I know this. Only believe me that it will come to pass.
She founded more schools for orphans and for poor children and devoted her time
to taking care of them. She gave money to widows and dicorcees. And taught many
kids the Quran in Persian. Bazaid was head over heels in love with her and had full
trust and devotion for her. Bbi Rasti became pregnant soon after receiving vision
which she had more often after meditating on the name Allah at nighttime. She
spent days in the gardens with light work teaching girls Quran and sciences.
She went into labor and had traumatic pain but Allah put her in a blissful state as the
baby son was born.
Bazaid gazed down at his son with love. The infant opened his eyes as soon as
Bazaid lifted him . Their eyes met for an instant. Bazaids heart leaped in his chest as
he saw unsurpassable beauty in his eyes. Being a hafiz, it seemed as if he recited the
whole Quran the same instant with every fiber of his being. Such a blessing is called
dhikr-e-sultani, a method of remembering Allah and the Quran in which every cell,
hair, and fiber of the body participates in the Zikr Allah. Bazaids eyes were fixed on
his sons face and continued to regard him steadily, feeling a strong connection.

Bibi Rasti told her husband, I see my son as someone with God. Therefore I name
him Bahu (with God), according to divine ilham. This name will serve both as an
indication of closeness to and union with God,.
Bazaid said :My first and beloved son, I name you Bahu as well, as it was revealed to
your mother in a vision. Bazaid lifted up his son and recited the Shahadah in his
ear and held the Holy Quran over his head. Then he picked up a plate full of gold
coins and poured them over the babys head. He distributed those to the poor of the
village. He blessed the young Bahu. May Allahs Noor shine upon you and your sons
and daughters. Bahus face had innocence and divinity. Both parents doted over
their blessed son and tirelessly loved him. Bibi Rasti encouraged Bazaid to give up
the warrior way of life and He did until Mirza Muhammad called on him to take on
one last military campaign against Raja of Amarkot whose army was a formiadable
threat to the Moghul Empires existence. Shah Jahan told Mirza Muhammad to help
the Moghuls with his fighting and art of war bravery by crushing Raja in order to
buffer up security against any invasions and stop and rebellions against them. He
accepted this request of Shah Jahan and Mirza of Multan and set out on a special
wild horse which was from supposedly the lineage of Arabian stallions of Hazrat Ali,
As, who was also Bazaids own ancestor. Bazaid named her Saun Pari .
He had decided to punish the Raja of Amarkot, who was growing presumptuous and
arrogant and had plans to kill the Moghul emperor, Shah Jahan. Though it seemed
like a suicidal mission, he knew in his heart that it was not his destiny to die in
battle. Bravery often made him succeed in desperate situations. He realized, though,
that many battles were won in mind before being won on the field.

Minutes later, Bazaid was galloping on his horse names white fairy toward the
fortress palace of Raja of Amarkot. He had his steel helmet on, his gilded breastplate
on his chest, and his sword . With each stride of his stallion, the shape of the fortress
became closer and closer. Bazaid his in some bushes 500 yards away and waited to
attack the swordsmen who were at the entrance guarding it. He saw 200 horsemen
from the Rajas army coming back form som trip and decided to fool them and blend
in and ride in the back of them inside the fortress. He rode behind them as they did
not notice he did not belong to their army preoccupied and once inside went the
opposite way of the Rajas army and he started killing all the swordsmen in sight.
He killed hundresds of them with sword fighting and with shooting his arrows from
afar at enemies that lay in the distance in the courtyard leading to the Rajas
chambers. He saw the Raja was resting on a cushion. groups of naked girls were
entertaining the raja, who sipped aged wine.
Bazaid had caught the raja by surprise. Dazed with fear, the raja instinctively
reached for the jeweled dagger tucked in his belt. Before he knew it, Bazaid
decapitated the raja, sending his head spinning off of his body. Bazaid took the
severed head of the raja and mounted his stallion and rode back to multan being
wounded suddenly by some of the rajas men while riding off. Despite being
wounded he told his advisor once back in Multan to take the head of the raja and
bring it to Mirza and Shah Jahan. A Doctor healed his wounds as he was hit in the
neck with an arrow and slashed in the shoulder by a sword while leaving the palace
of the raja during the heat of the battle. He informed Mirza Muhammad of his
decision to retire from the military and settled with Bibi his wife and his son Bahu at

their home fortress which was renamed Qila Haveli from the former name
Kahregan. Once again they started living a peaceful life. Bazaid had retired from the
army and dedicated himself to service of God, which he believed was serving fellow
human beings in distress. They had fallen in love with their new life, the cornfields, t
and their new home in Kahregan fortress, which they now called Qila Haveli.
Over the recent weeks, as spring had blossomed, they had celebrated Bahus fourth
birthday. His parents decided that Bahu should start formal education now that he
was four years old. He had already shown signs of exceptional ability.
I will take him to madrassa myself on Saturday so he can begin his education,
Bazaid said . The first day of school is an important event in a childs life. I want him
to learn about religion, the Quran, literature, math, astronomy, and history to
inspire him to search for the truth.
I am also curious to know how Bahu will conduct himself in the madrassa. I am sure
he will do very well, Bibi Rasti said
On the first day of school walking hand in hand with his father Bahu saw a Divine
Vision an Ilham, It seemed he were floating in the air. He saw angels accompanying
him every step of the way. They were talking to each other. Bahu listened to them.
One of the angels said, When God wishes to bestow great honor on his close
friends, he gives them the title of Sultan ul Fuqra , and Bahu is one of them.
Bahu could not understand what the angel meant by Sultan ul Fuqra, but the word
sultan resonated in his mind.
But where is he going? asked another angel. He is going to madrassa to learn to
read and write. This puzzled the third angel. But why does he need to

learn the knowledge of the world of multiplicity? Has not Allah promised to teach
His friends from directly? This is absolutely true, said the first angel. We will see
what happens in madrassa, the first angel replied, smiling .
Bazaid walked into the front door of the mosque and let Bahu enter the classroom.
A strong built man with flowing hair came into the classroom and addressed the
students in an authoritative way. I am Mawlana Abdul Rauf. Today I will teach the
alphabet that is the building block of knowledges. Pay attention and have
concentration. Look at each letter and contemplate. Then come up with something
starting with that alphabet letter.
With chalk, he wrote the letter Alif (A) on the board and asked, What is this called?
All the students shouted , Alif (A). He then asked Bahu, What does Alif stand for?
Bahu got up on his feet and looked intently, with a
trance . A divine inspiration came to him . He found infinite noor blazing within
himself.
Bahu then gazed up to heaven and said, Alif is He, the One, the Unique, the First, the
Beginning, the Creator, the All, the Sustainer, and the loving One. Alif is the word, the
Kalima, the Divine speech, the secret... Words were pouring out out of Bahus
mouth like a geyser as if somebody else were speaking through him. He started
speaking in a dream state, Alif is He, the Lover, the Beloved and the Love.
Bahu was sweating ; his face became pale and he fainted and fell to the ground.
Please, God, no, Mawlana Abdul Rauf said to himself. Since Bahu was the son of the
most influential jagirdar (landlord) of Punjab, he felt responsible if something
happened to him.

Bahu was thrashing violently on the ground. The mawlana shouted, Stand back,
give Bahu some air. Then he told a student by name of Naurang, Hold his body and
legs and try to calm him down. And bring a cup of water and sprinkle on his face
gently.
Bahus lips were still moving as if he were conversing with somebody. After a while
Bahu came back to himself. The mawlana helped him to sit and propped him against
the wall . His face was a little paler than usual, and his long hair disheveled, but
otherwise he was the same. His bright eyes had not lost any of their mystical charm.
There is nothing to worry about, said the mawlana to the students. He took Bahu
home to Qila Haveli. He told Bazaid and Bibi what happened in the madrassa.
Bibi Rasti embraced Bahu in an emotional hug and asked gently, What happened
today?
Bahu replied innocently, I was concentrating on the letter Alif (A) as my teacher
suggested, and a wave of love came over me. My body started shaking in ecstasy,
and I felt as if I were immersed in a bright light. I heard a voice say, You are our
beloved friend, and I have chosen you for Myself.
His words made sense to her. It seemed to her that God had singled out Bahu to
declare His glory. It was the beginning of a amazing spiritual journey he had to
embark upon. Bibi Rasti was now sure that Bahus name would pass down through
time.
She held Bahu in her embrace and said, Have no fear of these episodes. God has
shone his light upon you, and He will take care of you.

With his mothers strong assurances, he went to madrassa the next day, but the
same thing happened again. All the other students were now frightened. They
thought that he was possessed by jinn. They avoided him. Only his friends Naurang
and Nur Muhammad felt a connection to him and stay by his side.
Bahu also miraculously started praying salat at the tender age of 3. He felt a awe for
his father whenever he stood beside him to perform namaz.